Holder for books and magazines.



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HOLDER FOR BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I6. I9I4.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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JAMES WRIGHT CONNELLA, OF RENO, NEVI-LDA.`

HOLDER FOR BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

Application filed ctober 16, 1914.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, JAMns YW. CONNELLA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Reno, county of 1Washoe, State of Nevada, have invented a new and mpro-ved Holder for Books and Magazines, of Which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device to hold a book, magazine, or the like, hereinafter referred to generically as a book.

rllhe device embodies a rest for the back of the open book, the rest having a handle member at the back for the support of the device. The rest for the book ranges longitudinally of the device, and at the ends, which may be referred to as the top and bottom, transverse clamp elements are provided, provision being made whereby the user of the device may, with the hand that grasps thehandle, also operate the clamp controlling means to open or close the clamps, as desired. Provision is made also for the longitudinal extension or contraction of the device to conform toa book of the given size Within the capacity of the device. Furthermore, the handle embodies a pivoted section adapted to be folded parallel, or approximately so, with the book, to give the device more compact form when the handle is not in use.

The invention will be particularly eX- plained in the specific description following.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is alongitudinal vertical section of a book holder embodying my invention, showing an open book held, the section being taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail in cross section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the illustrated practical em bodiment of the invention Which is given as an example, a rest 10 is provided, and preferably consists of a strip or plate of a length to receive thereon the back of an open book 10. At the rear or under side of the rest 10 a handle is provided, which preferably comprises a fixed base section 11 on said rest, and a hinged handle section 12. lThe said section 12 is pivoted as by a transverse pin 13 to the forked end 14 of the Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov., 16, 1915.

Serial No. 865,951.

fixed section 11, whereby the handle may be swung into line with the base section, or may be swung to a position approximately parallel with or adjacent to the back of the rest 10. I may provide for properly positioning the swinging section 12, by providing positioned stop shoulders 15, 1G, on the base section and hinged section respectively. A longitudinal Wire or rod 17 is provided above the book rest 10, and spaced from the latter sufficiently to receive the open book A beneath said rod, so that the latter constitutes a. retainer for the book to range above the back thereof. rlChe retaining rod 17 may be secured in any suitable manner, as at 18, to the upturned ends 19 of the rest 10.

In addition to the rest 10 and the retainer 17 of the book, I provide clamping means at each end to engage the top and bottom of the open book. The clamps may compriserfixed transverse arms 2O secured in any suitable manner to the rest 10. adjacent the upturned end 19 thereof, movable transverse clamps 21 being provided above or in front of the relatively fixed elements 20. The clamp 21 at one end of the device is provided With an arm 21a which is pivoted as at 22, at one end to the adjacent upturned end 19 of the rest 10, the transverse clamp 21 being carried at the free end of said arm. The clamp 21 at the opposite end of the de vice is provided with an arm 21b which is pivoted or fulcrumed, as at 22, intermediate its ends on the adjacent end 19 of the rest 10. To actuate the movable clamps 21 an operating rod 23 is provided ranging length- Wise of the rest 10, at the back of the latter, and the ends of said rod 23 are operatively connected with the arms 21a, 21". 1t Will be observed that one arm, 21a, is connected, as at 24, With the operating'rod 23 at a point between the fulcrum and the free end of the said arm, While the arm 21b on the other clamp 21 is connected with the operating rod 23at a point 24a at the opposite side of the fulcrum 22a from the free end. Thus it Will be observed that the relation of the one arm 21a to the operating rod 23 is that of a lever of the second order, While the opposite arm 21b is in the nature of a lever of the first order.

By the described construction aY longitudinal movement of the rod 23 in the proper direction will serve to rock the arms 21a, 21h, and raise the clamps 21.. To manipulate the operating rod, I form thereon a lateral finger piece 25, which may consist of a lateral bend produced in the said rod. The iinger piece is adjacent to the handle 11, 12, so that the hand of the user grasping the handle may also engage the finger hold 25. The rod 23 extends through a passage 2G in the base section l1 of the handle, and it has additional support and guided movement in a depending bracket 27 on the rest 10. A compression spring 28 surrounds the rod 23 near one end and abuts atene end against the ybracket 27 and at the opposite end against a collar or shoulder 29 on the said rod. The spring serves to normally Vmaintain the clamps 21 in the closed position.

In order that the length of the book holder may be adjusted to conform to books of different sizes, I make the longitudinal elements thereof extensible. It will be observed that the rest 10 is formed of overlapping sections 30, 31, one of which has an oli'- set endY or pin which is receivable in any one of a longitudinal series of holes 33l in the other overlapping section. Similarly, the rod 23 is formed of sections overlapping, as atv 34, 35, one of which sections presents a pin 36 which is adapted to be received in any one of the longitudinal series of holes 37 in the adjacent section. Again, the retaining rod 17 is formed in sections having overlapping ends 38, 39, presenting respec- Y tively a pin 40 and holes 41. In connection with the overlapping elements referred to sleeves are provided, there being a. sleeve 42` on the rest 10 in which the overlapped. ends 30, 31, have guided movement, similar sleeves 43, 44 being provided on the sections of the operating rod 23 and retaining rod 17.

It will be observed from Fig. l that the handle composed of' thesections 11, 12, is

disposed obliquely to the plane of the rest 10, which promotes convenience in holding the book in the proper plane, and also permits of the handle constituting a rest on a table, to dispose the book at an angle to the horizontal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A book holder comprising a longitudinal rest to receive the back of an open book, transverse clamps pivoted on said rest at the top and bottom ends thereof presenting free clamping ends, and an actuating rod slidable lengthwise of said rest, the said rod being connected with one of said clamps between the pivot and the free end thereof, and connected with the other of said clamps at the opposite side of the pivot from the free en 2. A book holder' comprising a rest adapted to receive a book, a retainer ranging longitudinally in front of the rest, clamps on the rest adapted to clamp a book at the top and bottom thereof, and an actuating rod in the rear of the rest operatively connected with said clamps, the said rest, retainer and actuating rod being formed of adjustable sections.

3. A book holder comprising a rest adapted to receive a book, and formed with upturned ends, a retaining rod connecting the said upturned ends and ranging above the said rest to overlie a book thereon, clamps rockably mounted on the extremities of the upturned ends, and a longitudinally ranging operating rod connected with the clamps and disposed at the back of the rest.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES TRIGH'I CONNELLA.

Witnesses:

FRED B. HART, A. E. PAINLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

